Word: bulbously
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...start at home with W. C. Fields and his lads and lasses of the showboat in "Mississippi." We may be a bit biassed, but we must consider Bill Fields the most interesting item in any picture which is fortunate enough to be graced by his bulbous-nosed presence. When his main rival for honors is Bing Crosby, there should be little opposition to our prejudice. In "Mississippi" Fields is good--not quite as good as he has been, but still highly amusing. His lines show a little heavy-handed brushing over, but his voice and ingratiating manner are unchanged...
...Washington society it was an occasion, to His Excellency Mehmet Munir Bey, Ambassador of the Turkish Republic,, it was an opportunity. Last week, the pictures and knick knacks of Mrs. John Brooks Henderson's bulbous brownstone castle on 16th Street went on the auction block...
Plymouth this year eliminated its lower-priced line to concentrate on the longer wheelbase. It abandoned independent front wheel springing but developed a new type of spring steel and, like Ford, moved the motor forward to improve the ride. Bodies are longer, roomier and pleasantly bulbous. Refinements in the motor are claimed to have increased economy...
...first time by local dealers, the 35th annual New York Automobile Show was, for the first time in years, a dignified affair. The crowd went in larger numbers than ever before. Private hotel shows were banned by mutual agreement. In some 200 forms they saw the burnished, bulbous, gleaming thing of beauty that is a modern...
Pontiac, like Oldsmobile last year, has split into two lines, sixes and eights. Both have all G. M. and Fisher Body standard features; both have bulbous radiators and wide winglike fenders; both are designed for the buyer who wants small-car economy with big-car gadgets...